Thriller 40th Anniversary

[OnirMJ]

SHE’S TROUBLE confirmed

www.michaeljackson.com

Great! It definitely should be on this album! All leaked songs deserve to be officially released on a proper album. It's not their fault that someone stole them from the vault and leaked them on the internet.

 

[NeoGardiV8]

I think. And Hi Res Thriller the 2008 master I think. Unfortunately master depend on the file quality that you select.
I wrote to Qobuz about this, they replied that they depended entirely on the file that the music labels provide to them.

Funnily enough, Thriller is the only album that has a good Hi-Res mastering on streaming, the highest quality one they offer (the one in 24 bit/192kHz) is straight up a PCM conversion of the SACD from 1999, so it sounds great.
However, i think that if you pick 24 bit/96kHz you get the 2008 master instead.

 

[Maxym]

Hi-Res mastering on streaming

So you are talking about "streaming" right? Not Qobuz download?

(Because I may have it on Qobuz... (Thriller 25 (Super Deluxe Edition) Hi Res". In my memory the Hi Res the was 2008 master, but right now I have that frequent Qobuz bug that prevents me to access stuff and I'll have to go so I can only check later.)

i think that if you pick 24 bit/96kHz you get the 2008 master instead

Sometimes I'm thinking that it may be because this kind of stuff that some people think they hear a difference between 96 kHz and 192 kHz or even 44.1 kHz...

 

[NeoGardiV8]

So you are talking about "streaming" right? Not Qobuz download?

(Because I may have it on Qobuz... (Thriller 25 (Super Deluxe Edition) Hi Res". In my memory the Hi Res the was 2008 master, but right now I have that frequent Qobuz bug that prevents me to access stuff and I'll have to go so I can only check later.)



Sometimes I'm thinking that it may be because this kind of stuff that some people think they hear a difference between 96 kHz and 192 kHz or even 44.1 kHz...

They are both the same! (Talking about qobuz download and streaming.)
And nah i'm not talking about hearing a difference between 96kHz or 192kHz or none of that nonsense, that is impossible.
Quite literally, the 24/192kHz download offered by Qobuz is a different master in comparison to their 24/96kHz download, which like you said, is the 2008 master.

 

[Maxym]

And nah i'm not talking about hearing a difference between 96kHz or 192kHz or none of that nonsense, that is impossible.

Yeah, I was not target you or what you just wrote... rather stuff I heard from "random people".

I will try to check again what is on qobuz pricesely (later).

 

[NeoGardiV8]

Yeah, I was not target you or what you just wrote... rather stuff I heard from "random people".

I will try to check again what is on qobuz pricesely (later).

Here's a waveform comparison between the 24/96 and the 24/176 (max res they had, long story short for quite some time Qobuz mistakenly labeled this as 24/192 even though it wasn't, it seems they fixed it though)

https://imgur.com/a/EV0Dyx1

 

[Fuzball]

Some years ago for a short while there was the 2001 master of Thriller available in 24/96 on 7digital & HDtracks. Same for 2001 master of Bad (24/48) btw.

 

[Eric]

The Toy will be the next song revealed to be on Thriller 40. Someone played around with the URL from the previous post to find this information.

 

[xscape guy 2003]

I hope it's not now. Only for the surprise factor alone.

 

[mjfanboy27]

What about the 4k thing about the estate, it's not mentioned anymore

 

[xscape guy 2003]

They said about activations , this will probably be some of them nearing the release.

 

[xscape guy 2003]

Or part of promo.

 

[83magic]

from the official instagram account

Michael Jackson on Instagram: "“P.Y.T.” was released on this date in 1983 as the sixth single from “Thriller” and was recently recertified at 4x platinum by the RIAA. Slant Magazine calls the tune a “lush disco paradise” while music website Albumism

Michael Jackson shared a post on Instagram: "“P.Y.T.” was released on this date in 1983 as the sixth single from “Thriller” and was recently recertified at 4x platinum by the RIAA. Slant Magazine calls the tune a “lush disco paradise” while music website Albumism proclaims it “the designated...

www.instagram.com

 

[wonderouzmj]

Michael Jackson

“P.Y.T.” was released on this date in 1983 as the sixth single from “Thriller” and was recently recertified at 4x platinum by the RIAA. Slant Magazine calls the tune a “lush disco paradise” and...

www.facebook.com

I guess the pyt demo is up next, I heard it's 3versions & apparently we've only heard two of them. Hopefully it's something unheard or remixed

 

[Scared of the Moon]

Michael Jackson

“P.Y.T.” was released on this date in 1983 as the sixth single from “Thriller” and was recently recertified at 4x platinum by the RIAA. Slant Magazine calls the tune a “lush disco paradise” and...

www.facebook.com

I guess the pyt demo is up next, I heard it's 3versions & apparently we've only heard two of them. Hopefully it's something unheard or remixed

This doesn't mean PYT is on disc 2. It's just a normal social media post. They do these all the time, because a certain song was released on that date.

 

[Derek1984]

Michael Jackson

“P.Y.T.” was released on this date in 1983 as the sixth single from “Thriller” and was recently recertified at 4x platinum by the RIAA. Slant Magazine calls the tune a “lush disco paradise” and...

www.facebook.com

I guess the pyt demo is up next, I heard it's 3versions & apparently we've only heard two of them. Hopefully it's something unheard or remixed

3 versions? Well the James Ingram demo is out there on YT.

 

[filmandmusic]

3 versions? Well the James Ingram demo is out there on YT.

The 3rd version is a chipmunk version

 

[wonderouzmj]

Well pyt demo might be up for contenders....never know

 

[AlwaysThere]

I think the “P.Y.T.” demo should’ve been part of the expanded digital edition. Make this the definitive Thriller album by including everything they’ve released from the era thus far, then keep disc 2 for the unreleased stuff.

 

[Fuzball]

I think the “P.Y.T.” demo should’ve been part of the expanded digital edition.

It is. (track #29)

 

[Nite Line]

SHE’S TROUBLE confirmed

www.michaeljackson.com

Really happy about this. I have always liked She's Trouble. Hopefully the quality is a lot better than the leaked version.

 

[Prince Of Pop]

Really happy about this. I have always liked She's Trouble. Hopefully the quality is a lot better than the leaked version.

If they released it the way the leaked version is, that's a huge fail. I'm going to go out on a limb that it's cleaned up

 

[Hess]

Thriller has spend 37 weeks as #1 - do you think there is any chance what so ever with Halloween coming and everything that T40 will reach #1 ?

And if T40 reaches #1 spot - will it then count towards the 37 weeks? so it will be 38 ?

Didn't Thriller become nr. 1 in 2009 when MJ died? I remeber it as if he was all over the charts with many of his albums.

 

[SmoothGangsta]

If they released it the way the leaked version is, that's a huge fail. I'm going to go out on a limb that it's cleaned up

Yeah, if it's the more complete demo that they are releasing then they will have a good copy. I'm pretty sure the only reason the leaked version sounds the way it does is because it was copied to tape several times.

 

[filmandmusic]

Thriller has spend 37 weeks as #1 - do you think there is any chance what so ever with Halloween coming and everything that T40 will reach #1 ?

And if T40 reaches #1 spot - will it then count towards the 37 weeks? so it will be 38 ?

Didn't Thriller become nr. 1 in 2009 when MJ died? I remeber it as if he was all over the charts with many of his albums.

In 2009 it wasn‘t yet possible for old albums to chart in the main album chart. But they changed the rules now.
Michael’s top 3 selling albums the week after he died all sold more than the official nr 1 album in the US which was. Black Eyes Peas the E.N.D. This were the official numbers. It was the first time ever an old album sold more than the real nr 1 album,Michael achieved it 3 times which will probably never happen again.
Nr 1 Number Ones 108 000 copies sold
Nr 2 The Essential 102 000 copies sold
Nr 3 Thriller 101 000 copies sold
Nr 4 The E.N.D. 88 000 copies sold ( the official nr 1 album in the Billboard top 200 that week)

In the top 10 catalogue chart in which only old albums chart the top 10 consisted of 9 MJ/J5 albums which was also unprecedented. After the already mentioned top 3 we found off the wall at nr 4 with 33 000 copies, nr 5 the jackson 5 ultimate collection 18 000 copies, nr 6 was for Bad with 17 000 copies, Dangerous at nr 7 with 14 000 copies, nr 8 greatest hits HiStory vol 1 with 12 000 copies and MJ’s ultimate collection at nr 9 with 11 000 sales.
Nr 10 was the only none Jackson related entry a Woodstock Soundtrack album with 8000 copies.

Also in 2008 when T25 was released the album would have missed out on the nr 1 spot peaking at nr 2 behind Jack johnson’s Sleep Through The static. That album sold 180 000 copies while T25 finished at 166 000 copies.

So will T40 make it finally? Third time’s a charm right?!

 

[shyshy25]

The toy has just been confirmed as the third mystery track

 

[Fuzball]

The toy has just been confirmed as the third mystery track

Do you mind to share a source for this?

 

[shyshy25]

Do you mind to share a source for this?

They just confirmed it on the michael jackson website

 

[NuTNC]

The toy has just been confirmed as the third mystery track

it's truth and official by MJ Estate

https://twitter.com/x/status/1572979036128624640

 

[Fuzball]

They just confirmed it on the michael jackson website

I know, it was posted 2 hours ago in the other thread and has been heavily discussed since. My question regarding the source was just for fun, kinda sarcastic if you will.